℗ 2022 Tin Works Publishing, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings; A Decca Classics release
Released | September 30, 2022 |
Duration | 45m 49s |
Record Label | Universal Music Classics |
Genre | Classical |
The Lost Birds
Christopher Tin, VOCES8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Smith
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Flocks a Mile Wide
Christopher Tin; Christopher Tin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
5:16 | |||
1.2
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The Saddest Noise
Christopher Tin; Emily Dickinson; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
4:31 | |||
1.3
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Bird Raptures
Christopher Tin; Christina Rossetti; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
4:46 | |||
1.4
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A Hundred Thousand Birds
Christopher Tin; Christina Rossetti; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
2:48 | |||
1.5
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Wild Swans
Christopher Tin; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
4:19 | |||
1.6
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Intermezzo
Christopher Tin; Christopher Tin; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
1:58 | |||
1.7
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Thus in the Winter
Christopher Tin; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
3:56 | |||
1.8
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There Will Come Soft Rains
Christopher Tin; Sara Teasdale; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
5:25 | |||
1.9
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All That Could Never Be Said
Christopher Tin; Sara Teasdale; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
2:22 | |||
1.10
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I Shall Not See the Shadows
Christopher Tin; Christina Rossetti; Emily Dickinson; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
4:07 | |||
1.11
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In the End
Christopher Tin; Sara Teasdale; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
1:35 | |||
1.12
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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
Christopher Tin; Emily Dickinson; Christopher Tin; VOCES8; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Barnaby Smith |
4:46 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2023 – Best Classical Compendium
The Lost Birds
Voces8; Barnaby Smith & Christopher Tin, conductors; Sean Patrick Flahaven & Christopher Tin, producers
The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Sweeping and elegiac, it's a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced. It's a celebration of their feathered beauty: their symbolism as messengers of hope, peace, and renewal. But it's also a warning about our own tenuous existence on the planet: that the fate that befell these once soaring flocks foreshadows our own extinction.
This album is a gentler production than Christopher's previous works. The language is pastoral and romantic, by turns soaring and delicate, but with the slightest whisper of melancholy. It is a response to the noise of our times; a return to simplicity, clean lines, and the timelessness of hymns and folk melodies. It is a triumph of loveliness; a soundtrack for appreciating nature, and a reminder that we must preserve its ephemeral beauty while it still exists.
The Lost Birds is sung by the preeminent British vocal ensemble VOCES8, accompanied by Christopher's longtime collaborators, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Christopher Tin) and recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. It is Christopher's first release on Decca Classics, and his second release with Universal's Decca Label.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Music Classics Studio Masters
Tracks 1-12 – contains material which utilizes a limited amount of the available bandwidth
Tracks 1-12 – contains material which utilizes a limited amount of the available bandwidth
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.79 -11.21 to -0.58 | -20.85 -30.36 to -17.79 | -17.31 -27.30 to -13.90 | 11 10 to 13 | |
1 | Flocks a Mile Wide | -0.59 | -22.10 | -19.1 | 13 |
2 | The Saddest Noise | -0.59 | -19.10 | -15.1 | 10 |
3 | Bird Raptures | -0.59 | -17.91 | -14.2 | 10 |
4 | A Hundred Thousand Birds | -0.59 | -17.79 | -15.0 | 11 |
5 | Wild Swans | -0.59 | -19.41 | -15.2 | 10 |
6 | Intermezzo | -2.81 | -22.41 | -19.6 | 11 |
7 | Thus in the Winter | -0.59 | -18.29 | -13.9 | 10 |
8 | There Will Come Soft Rains | -0.59 | -19.86 | -15.7 | 11 |
9 | All That Could Never Be Said | -2.16 | -24.40 | -21.0 | 12 |
10 | I Shall Not See the Shadows | -0.58 | -18.82 | -15.3 | 10 |
11 | In the End | -11.21 | -30.36 | -27.3 | 11 |
12 | Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | -0.59 | -19.74 | -16.3 | 11 |